A review by mmcloe
The Enormous Radio and Other Stories by John Cheever

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Cheever's first (kinda) collection of stories and while many of them aren't too revelatory outside of an anthropological capacity, there's a few little gems like "The Enormous Radio," "Torch Song," "The Hartleys," and "The Sutton Place Story" that showcase the sort of suburban imaginary realism that would appear throughout his later work.